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Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon referred to Mike Pence as "an unfortunate necessity" during the 2016 presidential election. Responding to an email from former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who asked Bannon's thoughts on Pence on the day he was announced as Trump's running mate, Breitbart's executive chairman wrote, "This is the price we pay for cruzbots and #nevertrump movement," reports BuzzFeed, which reviewed the emails. Two days later, on July 17, 2016, Bannon approved a column "mocking" Pence by Yiannopoulos, who noted "we want to turn the screw." Bannon would join Donald Trump's campaign a month later.

Bannon's comment referred to Pence's endorsement of Ted Cruz in the Republican primary and the belief that, as a former member of the House Republican leadership, he would bolster the Trump ticket. But in "standing by the president at every turn" as VP, Pence has "proven himself to be far less principled than Bannon might have feared," writes Abigail Tracy at Vanity Fair. Nonetheless, Bannon, back in his Breitbart role, says his goal is "to challenge every Republican incumbent except for Ted Cruz" in the 2018 midterm elections. "We are declaring war on the Republican establishment that does not back the agenda that Donald Trump ran on," Bannon told Hannity on Monday.

Even Republicans CAN'T STAND Republicans. Imagine how the sane people feel?

Westword 70

Oct 11, 2017 2:26 PM CDT

Frankly, from the look of him, I doubt Bannon will be around for the next election cycle. I've never seen such an unhealthy looking specimen of humanity, above ground.

TheVEG

Oct 11, 2017 2:02 PM CDT

"There's a coalition coming together that is going to challenge every Republican incumbent except for Ted Cruz." said Bannon. I wonder what that "coalition" might be. The Goldman Sachs banker Bannon, buddies with the Goldman Sachs banker Mnuchin at Treasury and the rest of the Goldman Sachs bankers in this administration...isn't going after the guy married to the Goldman Sachs banker Heidi. And let's not forget what else Bannon said...Democrats are next. I'm not into conspiracy theories but I am a gambling man. And this sounds like something profitable no matter how detrimental it'll be to our country.